Episode 99: Not Quite a Masterpiece
October 13, 2014
2014 World Series Poll
October 21, 2014
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- Episode 346: AtB TOOTBLAN
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- Episode 345: A Matter of Perspective
- Episode 344: Hooray Lopez
- Episode 343: Karl Ripken Junior’s Farm System
- Episode 342: Talk Birdie to Me
- Episode 341: Create a Podcast
- Episode 340: Chains Above Replacement
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- 9th Annual BEVy Awards
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- Episode 317: Mother’s Day Drink Menu
- Episode 316: Hitless in Seattle
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- 8th Annual BEVy Awards
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- Episode 303: A Tale of Two Seasons
- Episode 302: O’s Were the Days
- Episode 301: Thanks Mo
- Episode 300: Unspectacular
- Episode 299: Tomorrow Never Knows
- Episode 298: The Reynolds Pamphlet
- Episode 297: Conspiracy Theory Theatre
- Episode 296: Soapboxes
- Episode 295: Porch Drinks
- Episode 294: The Dog Days of Spring
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- Episode 292: In Essence
- Episode 291: Missing Baseball
- Episode 290: One Moment In Time
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- Episode 286: Spring Forward
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- Episode 274: Heating Up
- Episode 273: Cash Considerations
- 7th Annual BEVy Awards
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- Episode 271: falsettO’s
- Episode 270: Dongs After Dark Ages
- Episode 269: Truly, Adley, Deeply
- Episode 268: Move the Party
- Episode 267: Orange Duck
- Episode 266: Blame It on the Rain
- Episode 265: BBSB
- Episode 264: This Season Is Taxing
- Episode 263: A Whole New Board Game
- Episode 262: Is it Early?
- Episode 261: Keep Scrolling
- Episode 260: Rules of Estrangement
- Episode 259: Crying in Baseball
- Episode 257: Walk With Elias
- Episode 256: O Cap10! My Cap10!
- Episode 255: Mission Accomplished
- Episode 254: Winston Churchill
- Episode 253: Womp Womp
- Episode 252: School Daze
- Episode 251: Breyvic the Destroyer
- Episode 250: Hurt So Good
- Episode 249: Walk of Shame
- Episode 248: Burning Down the House
- Episode 247: What the Heck Is Going On?
- Episode 246: Shattered Illusions
- 6th Annual BEVy Awards
- Episode 245: Machadios
- Episode 244: What If?
- Episode 243: Anger Translator
- Episode 242: Off the Bench
- Episode 241: Duck and Cover
- Episode 240: Swinging in the Rain
- Episode 239: MemOriole Daze
- Episode 238: Either/Or
- Episode 237: 5-6-7-8
- Episode 236: Cellar Notes
- Episode 235: Fifty Dongs Darker
- Episode 234: Pain Is a Flat Circle
- Episode 233: Ghosts of Sadness Present
- Episode 232: Happy Together
- Episode 231: Tell Me Something Good
- Episode 230: Cowboy Monkey Rodeo
- Episode 229: Ghost Runner on Second
- Episode 228: Hairy Palms
- Episode 227: The Other Dan
- Episode 226: Draining Fluids
- Episode 225: Pitching Staph
- Episode 224: Hope Springs Elsewhere
- Episode 223: Five Stages of Gin
- Episode 222: Philosophical Participation
- Episode 221: I’m Looking Through You
- Episode 220: Darkness Reloaded
- Episode 219: One Final Pause
- Episode 218: Feel Me Up
- Episode 217: Temper Fantrum
- Episode 216: Mas Pies
- Episode 215: Like Sands in the Hourglass
- Episode 214: Total Eclipse of Our Hearts
- Episode 213: Songs After Dark
- Episode 212: A (Long and) Hard Day’s Night
- Episode 211: Deadline Drama
- Episode 210: Time to Change
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- Episode 206: Carnac the Magnificent
- Episode 205: Taking a Quantum Leap
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- Episode 203: Things Look Pretty Bleach
- Episode 202: Watch Till It Hurts
- Episode 201: Go Buck Yourselves
- Episode 200: Trump Card
- Episode 199: Do You Even Baseball?
- Episode 198: O’s Before Prose
- Episode 197: The Natural
- Episode 196: Tell Me What You See
- Episode 195: Get Back
- Episode 194: Baby’s in (Orange and) Black
- Episode 193: With a Little Help from My Friends
- Episode 192: Thank You Girl
- Episode 191: Old Man Radio
- Episode 190: Camden Couch
- Episode 189: The Man in the Arena
- Episode 188: I Left My Heart in Sausalito
- Episode 187: Alternative Facts
- Episode 186: Bad Man Jose
- Episode 185: Break the Walls Down
- Episode 184: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
- Episode 183: Where the Wild Things Are
- Episode 182: September to Remember
- Episode 181: Grrrr
- Episode 180: As the Rotation Turns
- Episode 179: Premature Happy Endings
- Episode 178: Skid Marks
- Episode 177: Tearin’ Up My Heart
- Episode 176: Freak Out
- Episode 175: Hold On
- Episode 174: Achy Breaky Start
- Episode 173: Bird Flu
- Episode 172: Law and (Batting) Order
- 2016 BEVys
- Episode 171: Airing of Grievances
- Episode 170: Dongs After Dark
- Episode 169: Oriole in the Cupboard
- Episode 168: Lifetime Achievement
- Episode 167: Pabst is Past
- Episode 166: Enemy at the Gates
- Episode 165: O’s, Bohs, and Ice Floes
- Episode 164: How to Root for a Good Team
- Episode 163: Dongs for Moms
- Episode 162: Ankles Away!
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- Episode 146: Living in Infamy
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- Episode 124: The Language of Glove
- Episode 123: Lost in the Shuffle
- Episode 122: Wright Puns
- Episode 121: Thanks, Steve!
- Episode 120: All Together Now
- Episode 119: The Good, the Sad, and the Ugly
- Episode 118: Baltimore Strong
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- Episode 99.999999999: Stump the Chumps
- Episode 99: Not Quite a Masterpiece
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- Episode 97: The Cat Game
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- Episode 35: The Situation Looks Kind of Oblique
- Special Edition Podcast: Baltimorons on BEV
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- Episode 30: Riding the Ups and Downs
- Episode 29: Here We Go!
- Episode 28: Something Unexpected…
- Episode 27: Spring Training Continues…
- Episode 26: Who are these guys?
- Episode 25: Spring Training Starts
- Episode 24: 2013 Offseason – Episode 2
- Episode 23: Hot Stove Episode – Is this thing on?
- Episode 22: 2012 Epilogue – Buckle Up
- Episode 21: ALDS Game 1 and 2
- Episode 20: ALDS against the MFY
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Leading Off
What is this garbage? Episode ninety-nine-and-a-half? C’mon guys, don’t Bird’s Eye View this up.
Sorry to disappoint, but with the Orioles’ season ending, it didn’t seem right to celebrate 100 episodes of Scott and Jake wasting an hour of your life gabbing about Orioles baseball. Instead, we’re going to spend this half episode recovering from the Orioles getting bounced from the ALCS.
With apologies to long time listeners (both of you), we’re going to skip over the TWotT, and go directly to the therapy.
The Hurt
The Orioles were thoroughly thrashed in the ALCS. No sour grapes. No ifs, ands, or buts. They got beat in four straight games, and the Royals looked better in each one of them. The guys discuss the ALCS, and the aftermath.
How do you like me now?
Going into the League Championship series, many Orioles were prepared to root for the Royals if they advanced to the World Series. The story was there – a team wandering in the wilderness for 29 years. A plucky team on its way to the games greatest heights from the Wild Card game. A team built on speed, and defense, and productive outs.
How’s that working for you now?
Story: Jake is a Bad Fan
Jake admits to Scott, the Orioles, and the internet at large that he made some choices for Game 4 of which he is not proud. His payment came in the form of the Universe poking him in the eye, for maximum sadness.
Recovery
This season ended in excruciating fashion. Though nobody likes to lose, being so close made it somehow even worse. The only thing fans can do at this point is try to move forward. The BEV guys talk about their efforts to get over it, and look forward to the offseason, and the Orioles baseball to follow.
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[…] We talked on Episode 99.5 about how the end of the ALCS was just too much for me to take. I wonder if I’ll be able to enjoy the World Series, or whether the games will just be too painful. […]
[…] Why? Why did I care? Why was I not content knowing that the Orioles were getting their brains beat in again in excruciating fashion? Why couldn’t I just let them do it, and check the box score the next day? After all, I had no problem distancing myself from the hurt for the final game of the 2014 ALCS. […]
[…] There is no more painful reminder that the Orioles are not relevant anymore than watching a rematch of the 2014 ALCS go by with nothing more than a yawn. Also, Summer Song still makes Jake sad. Like, really sad. […]